Watching my best job ever slowly disintegrate - Principal Software Engineer Indeed Employee Review

4.0
Oct 21, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

I've worked here for a long time and it's been the best job I've ever had in virtually every aspect. Many things have changed over the years, some for better and some for worse. Many here in R&D have been employees for a decade or longer, which is really impressive retention for a tech company. - Fantastic work/life balance - Generous PTO policy - Great culture and values - Good compensation (but not universally true for every role)

Cons

I don't have much hope left for the company with this leadership team. The recently returning CEO only cares about their personal success and making money at any cost. He's unqualified to lead a technology company and ignorantly believes that using AI is going to solve all of our problems. At this point almost everyone here is keeping their resume ready and planning an exit strategy. The morale and culture have been eroding for years now. Most are too afraid to speak out because there is extremely little trust left with company leaders. There's absolutely no way to know if you will be safe from the next layoff. - Incompetent CEO, as well as a weak senior leadership team - Frequent (quarterly) re-orgs and change in company priorities - Frequent (monthly) layoffs with no regard to performance or tenure - Broken organization and mismanagement - Perpetual instability due to all of the above

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Cons

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2.0
Feb 8, 2026
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Pros

It is one of the funniest places ever to work. The whole thing is like a sitcom. I was constantly laughing as I sat in meeting after meeting about some obscure initiative that had nothing to do with the core business, ran by someone in Carhartt overalls and a clown hat. It is the most unserious company to ever exist, I wish it was a show.

Cons

Complete and total chaos, inmates running the asylum. Received a negative performance review for a job title I did not possess. Let me repeat that for dramatic effect: I received a negative review for a job title I officially did not possess. Only at Indeed is this even possible. Total anarchy. Entire organizations piled into one another with no clear purpose. People floating around without managers. Managers floating around without employees. Managers who have their child on every single call. Managers floating around without employees, who have their child on every single call. If you are considering joining Indeed, you are 10 years too late. Run.

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